president obama campaigned today in virginia, northern virginia there. george mason kept the focus on women. a lot of young women there, and also cecile richards introduced him. paul ryan and the republican party has taken issues related to women that can only be described as extreme. i mean extreme. we'll run through the list including a gop platform that criminalizes abortion. now we've got a new entry following his debate last night. the illustrious, i mean that totally sarcastically, u.s. congressman, joe walsh, said allowing an exception for abortion when the mother's life is at risk is not medically or scientifically necessary. >> this is an issue that opponents of life throw out there to make us look unreasonable. there's no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing. with advances in science and technology, there is -- health of the mother has been -- has become a tool for abortions any time under any reason. >> and this quote, unbelievable the way these guys are talking, scientific theory to todd akin's